Wicked Danville

Liquor and Lawlessness in a Southside Virginia City

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Frankie Y. Bailey, Alice P. Green ISBN: 9781625841223
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: April 22, 2011
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Frankie Y. Bailey, Alice P. Green
ISBN: 9781625841223
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: April 22, 2011
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Prostitution, gambling, moonshine and drugs could all be found behind closed the closed doors of Danville, VA from 1919 to 1933. During Prohibition, the "Law and Order League," of Danville was, of course, "dry," but the city's mayor was personally was known to be "personally wet," and in 1911 citizens were shocked to discover that the police chief was a fugitive from a murder conviction in Georgia. That same period saw lynching, murders and the wreck of the Old '97. HP authors Frankie Bailey and Alice Green will examine the law and disorder of Prohibition era Danville with Wicked Danville: Crime, Justice, and Prohibition in a Southside Virginia City.
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Prostitution, gambling, moonshine and drugs could all be found behind closed the closed doors of Danville, VA from 1919 to 1933. During Prohibition, the "Law and Order League," of Danville was, of course, "dry," but the city's mayor was personally was known to be "personally wet," and in 1911 citizens were shocked to discover that the police chief was a fugitive from a murder conviction in Georgia. That same period saw lynching, murders and the wreck of the Old '97. HP authors Frankie Bailey and Alice Green will examine the law and disorder of Prohibition era Danville with Wicked Danville: Crime, Justice, and Prohibition in a Southside Virginia City.

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